#jaded words

[jadedsundragon]

Gonna cite things in APA format because I’m a nerd and a nursing student.

First off, I’d like to look at a few numbers. According to Hoyert (2022), for the 3.6 million live births that occurred in the United States of America in 2020, only 861 of those births resulted in maternal mortality. 861 divided by 3.6 million gives us a 2.39*10^-4 per cent chance of death with a standard, no-risk pregnancy. In terms of ectopic pregnancies, according to the Cleveland Clinic (2020), those occur roughly 2% of the time in recorded pregnancies. However, with modern technology, these pregnancies are highly treatable and easily detected. According to the Cleveland Clinic (2020), tests for ectopic pregnancies include urinalysis, blood tests for human chorionic gonadotropin, and an ultrasound. Although they are a high-risk situation, women rarely suffer mortality from ectopic pregnancies: about 1.7 ectopic pregnancies in 1,000 result in death (Dorfman, 1983). Yes, this data is old, but science and medicine have only gotten better since then. These situations are usually diagnosed by the eighth week of pregnancy and no later than the twelfth. They’re dealt with efficiently and effectively, and healthcare professionals are available for discussion of grief and loss surrounding the situation.

The point is this: pregnancy is not a life-threatening situation. The numbers show this, and I don’t have to touch moral or theological resources to talk about how a woman should engage in such a high-risk activity, because there is virtually no risk in our country; there are resources available to help her if she is unable to care for her child. The only ones at high risk in pregnancy are the unborn children. According to the Centers for Disease Control (2024), nearly 630 thousand abortions occurred in 2019. When we compare this to the 6 million pregnancies that occurred in that same year, we can conclude that we kill over 10% of our young per year (Centers for Disease Control, 2023). That’s a little bit alarming, isn’t it? You can argue that animals also abort their young – a phenomenon known as the Bruce effect – but none of them do it on the scale humans do. The argument that pregnancy is a life-threatening situation is completely invalid from an Aristotelian standpoint unless you look at it from the fetus’ point of view. I simply made a few Google searches and went to known reliable sources.

Let’s say the car accident analogy still applies. If you get in an accident, you still have to deal with the consequences, regardless if you were donated an organ or not. There’s every chance your body could reject the organ as a foreign object, triggering an immune response (Medline Plus, 2018). Simultaneously, if you are forced to deal with the “consequences” of sex, you would still deal with the consequences of the abortion, namely, psychological trauma related to the body’s natural response to the loss of a child and the social pressure surrounding the woman. In the abstract – the first paragraph – of a study by researchers Curley and Johnston (2013) is stated, “All who had abortions reported symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and grief lasting on average 3 years”. This is known information since 2013. We’ve known that abortion causes these severe effects in young women for over a decade, and we haven’t done anything about the root of the problem: abortion itself.

The reason why I say your analogy doesn’t work is because no one is dying in a pregnancy. You’re comparing a deadly situation to a harmless, natural one; the gravity is vastly different and inapplicable. If you really, really, want to push for this, allow me to leave you with this final note: the only true avoidance for a car accident is not getting in a car at all. Abstinence. Likewise, the only method of avoiding pregnancy is also abstinence. If you don’t want children, don’t have sex. It’s as simple as that. “What if she’s raped or if there’s incest?” Don’t punish the fetus for something that isn’t his/her fault. Punish the offender. Aborting the fetus is like looking at economic disarray and fear, and placing millions of Jews in concentration camps. Yes, I’m comparing abortion to the crimes of the Nazi party during WW2 because abortion is murder and it is just as horrible as gas chambers. Look it up. The procedure is performed by inserting a tube into the cervix and using suction to remove the unwanted fetus. The living child is chopped to bits by the force as the ultrasound scan they use to visualise the procedure shows the developing fetus trying and failing to escape its sick end. Medication to perform abortion? That’s like a lethal injection. Lethal injections are prevented because pharmacists refuse to dispense the drug used for capital punishment. Is capital punishment something that should be exercised? Only in grave circumstances where a person’s living status is mortally dangerous for the common good of the people, such as in the case of Ted Bundy or other serial killers who the government were unable to keep locked away. You don’t kill people simply because they exist.

If you want it to be the case that a fetus is not human, making abortion not considerable as first-degree murder, then I must ask: when does it become human? It’s purely subjective if we view it that way. Some people say you can only abort up to 2 weeks. Some say 8. Some say you can do it up until 20-24 weeks. There is no continuity between when someone is considered human, it seems. It is, frankly, stupid to put a time limit on how long someone is human.

Moving on. Apologies for the length, but the situation necessitated thoroughness. Am I being needlessly aggressive? Perhaps. I’ve painted a dramatically dark picture, but it’s not one I’m ashamed of. It’s reality. Ignore it if you wish. It won’t help anyone.

Here are some good resources for women with unwanted pregnancies that can help with coping, building resilience, and dealing with the pressures of pregnancy:

American Pregnancy Association: https://americanpregnancy.org/options-for-unplanned-pregnancy/financial-help-for-pregnant-women/

The NIH Web Portal for Information about Maternal Morbidity and Mortality: https://orwh.od.nih.gov/mmm-portal/resources-for-healthy-pregnancy

Center for Disease Control: https://www.cdc.gov/pregnancy/index.html

Googling “resources near me” and filtering out Planned Parenthood, an organisation that promotes giving women PTSD, as stated before (Curley & Johnston, 2013).

For people who believe killing animals is murder, I suggest we look at a dictionary. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary (2019), murder is “the crime of unlawfully and unjustifiably killing a person”. A cow is not a person. A sheep is not a person. This is an entirely different debate regarding what makes a human a human. If you don’t want to eat meat products, that’s your decision. Calling animal killing “murder” is factually incorrect and also invalid from an Aristotelian standpoint.

Finally, in response to your final paragraph about my “Personal beliefs that abortion is murder”. Look at that definition. A fetus is a person. A grown human is a person. I want you to justify killing a harmless child in the womb.

Religious freedom is such a hard topic. Yes, I’m biased. I’ll admit that straight away. However, I believe there is fundamental truth revealed to us divinely through Catholicism and also revealed through the connections and developments fuelled and funded by the Church over the centuries. Oriental scientists and philosophers and Muslim researchers also made tremendous discoveries, yet there are instances of circular or unbased reasoning in their religious teaching that I cannot ignore. Yes, I’m biased; I’ve been Catholic as long as I can remember. However, I’m choosing to believe in a religion centred around Jesus Christ’s life as the Word Incarnate and the provable effect of Him and His Church on the world. My favourite examples of this are the Eucharistic miracles. You can’t explain the transformation of “normal bread” into myocardial tissue that appears to have “died in the last 30 minutes”. Here’s a link to known and recorded Eucharistic miracles: http://www.miracolieucaristici.org/en/Liste/list.html. They’re quite interesting.

It would be a crime to not include my references. Can’t believe I almost forgot.

CDC. (2023, April 10). U.S. Pregnancy Rates Drop During Last Decade. Www.cdc.gov. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/nchs_press_releases/2023/20230412.htm

CDC. (2024, May 7). Abortion Surveillance Findings and Reports. Reproductive Health. https://www.cdc.gov/reproductive-health/data-statistics/abortion-surveillance-findings-reports.html

Cleveland Clinic. (2020, February 6). Ectopic Pregnancy: Symptoms, Causes, Treatments & Tests. Cleveland Clinic. https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/9687-ectopic-pregnancy

Curley, M., & Johnston, C. (2013). The Characteristics and Severity of Psychological Distress After Abortion Among University Students. The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research, 40(3), 279–293. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11414-013-9328-0

Dorfman, S. F. (1983, February 1). Ectopic Pregnancy Surveillance. Www.cdc.gov. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00014677.htm

Hoyert, D. (2022). Maternal Mortality Rates in the United States, 2020. NCHS Health E-Stats. https://doi.org/10.15620/cdc:113967

Medline Plus. (2018). Transplant rejection. Medlineplus.gov. https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000815.htm

merriam-webster. (2019). Definition of MURDER. Merriam-Webster.com. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/murder

hypothetical for you: you get into a car crash, the other person involved in the crash is dying and needs an organ transplant to live, should the government be allowed to Force you to donate your organs to this person

Before I answer, I want to thank you for your courage in allowing me to see your URL. It shows that you're willing to have a real conversation instead of hiding behind a wall of anonymity designed only to attack and wound someone. I would also like to apologise in advance if I seem harsh or judgemental. I promise I am not, for I am merely responding in a way I hope will not offend people more, that is, with an academic writing style. Unfortunately, people have been uncivil today, and you are one of the only ones who has shown some respect for me as -- above all -- just another human. For that, I thank you, and if I am making an incorrect assumption about the nature of this ask, I hope you will accept my apology for that.

As for your hypothetical situation, I believe we have a misunderstanding surrounding what an organ donation is. Organs are transplanted from already-dead people and preserved and surgically implanted into living ones in hopes of their survival. To take an organ from a living person without their consent would be a violation of the legal obligation applied to doctors, nurses, and other healthcare providers that states that they must do their due diligence to save and preserve human life. For the government to force this, it would go against both our Constitution and the Natural Law. I will admit I am uneducated in regards to this forceful proposition, however, so I will allow you to correct me if you wish, and I will follow up with you.

[homestuckreblogs]

[egophiliac]

Hello ! I positively adore the running joke of Idia unknowingly finding Lilia to be the coolest guy ever whenever he doesn't know it's him, like when Silver described his father, or obviously with muscle red. I can't say what'd be funnier, Idia finding out his online best friend is actually Lilia, resident spooky hyper fairy; or them both never finding out, and it'd become even more ridiculous as time goes on. How do you think it'll play out ? You're always so on point

(Also, though it makes sense, I'm still devastated bat boy didn't get a ticket for the Halloween skeleton train : ( does anyone mentions him at some point ? Like how he'd have fit right in with all those Halloween town little freaks, and how he'd have impressed them with his spooks and scared techniques; after all he's been every Briar Valley's children worst fear on Halloween for centuries. I'm on the eng server and I didn't wanna spoil myself by watching the whole thing on youtube)

Have a nice day !

you and me both, Idia and Lilia being oblivious online BFFs (+ Idia being incredibly intimidated any time Silver brings up his jock gamer dad) is my favorite running joke/subplot. 🤝 it's SO good, to the point where I also am unsure if I actually want it to ever be resolved or not...maybe, like, as a post-canon stinger or something? everyone's standing around covered in overblot ink, and Idia and Lilia's phones go off at the same time...

(legit I do think this is part of why Idia couldn't be present for Lilia's dream, because for some reason Lilia decided he was going to just. embody his past self online. he probably quotes his own battle strategies or whatever in the middle of boss fights. Idia didn't pick up on the whole "oh how weird that we both live on a super remote island" thing, but he would spend thirty seconds listening to General Lilia describing siege warfare and be like "w-wait")

all that aside, however it does end up happening, I do see Lilia being very blasé and all "oh! cool!" about it. y'know, taking it very much in stride! and Idia...very much not.

(can't tell if tumblr is going to chew this into illegibility or not, this will be a fun surprise ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ)

as for Lilia sadly missing out on Halloweentown shenanigans...he does get one little mention as part of an offhand reference to the light music club, but so far no one has brought up how this basically is just Lost In the Book of Liliatown (Sebek's been too busy yelling about not getting to be in the same group as Malleus). 😔 honestly though, it's probably for the best that he got left out, because he would just settle right in and refuse to ever leave. canon would shatter. we would miss out on all the delightful angst of episode 7 because Lilia is too busy eating poisonous shrubbery inbetween practicing his very best screams, and no one can pull him away from it.

(I can hope for a sequel next year though...)

[jadedsundragon]

Double tagged by both Ember and Violet. I see how it is. Gremlins.

Guess you guys get 2 iterations.

- My gender is no more.

- My gender is the most part in my life.

What the heck? I don't think a greater contradiction could've happened.

@bitit @crazybooklover0 @solar-soda @redtigor

Type "my gender is" on your phone and let your phone finish the sentence, then tag your moots to keep the chain going, I'll go first.

My gender is a little bit more intense than I thought I could have done

@mirukosbitchywife @get-junpeid

[jadewritesficshere]

Steddie soulmate AU where Eddie is a famous musician, everyone assumes he doesn't have a soulmate. Eddie was just smart and doesn't confirm, doesn't want to go through rabid fans who claim to be his soulmate. He's had too many show up wearing his initials they tattooed on themselves even before he was asked about soulmates in an interview.

Enter Steve Harrington who works as a nurse. Just casually on his third nightshift in a row in the ER. Sipping some coffee trying not to fall asleep when they get the call about some confidential patient coming in.

Eddie comes in for some injury. Steve has 0 clue who he is, just says "You look familiar, did we go to school together?" And Eddie practically falls off the stretcher at Steve's feet. Goes all googoo eyes at him. Steve being mildly concerned because Eddie's heart rate keeps skyrocketing (its because Steve is touching him).

One of the other nurses can't help but try and get the gossip from Steve, who is very much confused as to why she cares about this random patient. She tells Steve who Eddie is, and he's just like ???? Okay???

Steve doesn't admit it but the picture she shows is HOT. It's Eddie, flipping off the camera, tongue out. He's covered in tattoos, including the word 'sorry' written in a weird script on his middle finger. He's shirtless and his pants are so low that Steve can see the dip of his hips creating a v and-

Steve has to walk into the supply room to get himself under control. Pretends it doesn't mean anything and goes back to his job as his heart thuds rapidly in his chest.

Eddie tries not to pass out when they draw his blood, Steve holds his hand. It feels right. Eddie can't help wanting to ask," Hey, do you have a soulmate?" But he hates being asked that question, so he won't.

Until Steve bends over, his scrub top lifting up slightly. Eddie can't help glancing at his ass, but then he can't breathe. Because on his lower back is the initials EJM.

"Steve G. H?" Eddie asks as his voice goes up an octave. Steve turns, bewildered ," How did you-?" "Edward James Munson." Eddie whispers.

Oh

[monteruu]

let's see how far we've come :)

[image id: digital illustration of john egbert, jade harley, rose lalonde, and dave strider from homestuck. they are all laying on a blue checkered picnic blanket laying on top of one another in a familiar manner and smiling.

john is at the center laughing heartily while jade is to the right laying down on her side. dave is to the left and is in a comfortable lounging position with one leg over one of john's and is resting his head in rose's lap who is smirking at john and jade's antics.

they are all in their respective godtier outfits. around them are some lush grassy hills with variously colored wildflowers spotting the landscape and the sburb sun setting behind them. end image id.]

[davebotlovemail]

this line hurt so bad to read.. but he has every right to be saying this tbqh!!!

hes so so done with humans. and kanaya? shes been with him from the start! day 1! he cares about her so much.. THEY care about EACHOTHER so much. and theyll always have eachothers back...

welcome back The Dolorosa and The Signless

[raven-at-the-writing-desk]

How are you feeling about the new preview of the man? I'm sure you've seen the cards for J-Word already but I'm guessing JP server is going to continue it's trend of crashing when it gets released 🤣

*takes another shot of (nonalcoholic) apple cider*

okay.

Okay.

OKAY.

HERE IT IS, GUYS 😤 mY DEAtILED ANYSlysis OF Yhe nEW J EoRD CARD!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!! !!!!! !!!! !!! !!! ! !!! !!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!! !

Did you guys enjoy it??? 🥺 I hope so cuz I worked really hard to put it together 💕

sdhflavylafafefae; OKAY BUT SERIOUSLY I SWEAR SOME TWST DEV WAS RUBBING THEIR HANDS TOGETHER BEHIND THE SCENES AND CACKLING ABOUT HOW THEY'RE GNN A SDNiPE US SO HARD FOR NOVEMBER... LIKE. WHY;S J WORD WINKING... DO YOU CASULLAY LIE ON YOUR MATTRESS AND WINK AT ONLOOKERS WHILE LEAVING YTOUR HAND OUT IN THE OPEN TO BE GRABBED AND HELD/???? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ????? ? That is NOT normal behavior...

Another part that really gets me is why is he holding his arm like THAT... It almost looks like he's pretending to nurse an injury to lure you into giving him sympathy cuddles. dfvosydgqvyepbqeifPIBHfouv IS HE JUS T TRYING TO DISTRACT YOU FROM CHECKING HIS ROOM FOR ANYTHING SUS HE MIGHT BE HJDING IN THERE ???? ?? ? ??? ?IT'S NOT GONNA WORK, AJDE I KNOW YOU'RE HIDING A PASSED OUT MOB STUDENT IN YOUR CLOSET, RELEASE HIM

ADHFLAFEIUPAEYEGI AIHPEGQ; AND LASTBIG THING I'MLL COMMENT ON IS. AM I NCRAZY OR IS THAT TOP MORE LOW CUT THAN WHAT HE USUALY WEARS??? ? ? ? ????? ? ? ?Cuz normally J word is all or nothing; he's either completely covered up or completely naked (eel form)... BUT HE NEVER DRESSES LIKE THIS WITH COLLARBonE AND (DOTH MY EYES DECEIVE ME) SOME CLEAVAGE SPilLLING OUT>??? ?? ? ???? ? ? ??? ? OTL bEING HiT WITH TRHSI SHIT AFTER A MONTHS' WORHT OF BEING BULLINED INTO THE dIRT ABOUT HE WHO SHALL NOT BE NAMED AND HIS LARGE TRAcTS OF LAND... aND I GOT THE OTHER TBIRtCH AS A LOGIN TOO, IT FEELS LIKE THEY'R EFIGHTING FOR ATTENTION... THIS MUST BE SOME KIND OF CRUEL UFKCING JOKE

Me in the aftermath of the card art drop about to be the skeleton Jamil’s dancing with in his Nightmare Suit Groovy cuz BRO the leech sucked all the life out of me OTL

THEY’RE GONNA hAVE TO DrAG NE OUT oF THAT MaGIC bOOK LOOkin’ ALL BONeY

Side note: Shoutout to my dude Floyd 🫵 who’s manspreading to take up as much space as possible while also wearing the ugliest pajama pants I have ever seen… Takes real courage… also he’s not being as demure and slutty as his brother

[waterghostype]

If you and I had met under more peaceful and carefree circumstances, I wonder how well things would have gone.

[moon--meeks]

hello i have the geology flavor of autism an am so so normal about honkai star rail an have not stoped thinking about the myriad celestia trailer so im going to make a thread of fun facts about the gems/minerals each of the stone hearts are named after topaz: ❥ topaz is naturally colorless but gets its color from elemental impurites ❥ the word topaz comes from the greek word Τοπαζος (topazos) ❥topaz is most commonly used in jewelry ❥ its the state gemstone of Utah! Aventurine: ❥ Aventurine is a form of quartzite ❥ the word Aventurine comes from the italian word a ventura meaning by chance ❥ its a mineral! not a gem! ❥ green aventurine is the most common Jade: ❥ Jade is actually the common term two diffrent minerals, nephrite an jadeite. ❥ nephrite is usually darker than jadeite due to it haveing more amphibole an jadeite having more pyroxene ❥ the word jade comes from the french l'ejade meaning kidney area Sugilite: ❥ imma be honest i havent heard of this mineral before the trailer droped an thats probably because its very new as it was discovered in 1944! ❥ sugilite was discovered by Kenichi Sugi who it was named after ❥ most sugilite is purple or pink Agate: ❥ Agate is the common term for the banded variety of chalcedony ❥ the word comes from the ancient greek word for the dirllo river, Achates where it is said to first be discovered ❥ Agate is formed from lava an volcanic rocks Pearl: ❥Pearl is not a mineral as it comes from living creatures making it an organic material ❥ pearls are made of the same thing shells (an tums!), calcium carbonate ❥ natural pearls were most commonly found in the persian gulf Sapphire: ❥ Sapphire is the blue variety of corundum, the second hardest mineral on the mohs hardness scale ❥ the word comes from the greek word σάπφειρος (sappheiros) but back then was talking about lapis lazuli ❥ Sapphire is one of the minerals used on sand paper! Amber: ❥ not a mineral, it is fossilized tree resin so it is organic material ❥ 90% of the worlds Amber is located in Lithuania ❥ the word comes from the arabic word anbar Opal: ❥ Opal is a mineraloid because its naturally occuring but doesnt have the crystaline structure of other minerals ❥ the word opal comes from the sanskirt word upala meaning jewel ❥ Opal is the national gemstone of australia Obsidian: ❥ Obsidian is classified as a rock since it is formed rapidly cooling lava ❥ this baby is VERY sharp it was used in paleolithic times to make cutting an hunting blades and was used as surgical tools ❥ the word comes from the latin lapis obsidianus

[jadedsundragon]

New GIGGS headcanon just dropped:

Skizz as a raiju

[crystallizsch]

also uh i gotchu octavinelle enjoyers here’s the 3-in-1

[queenlucythevaliant]

So um. Anybody want to explain to me why the White Witch's name is Jadis when there's a perfectly good Green Witch elsewhere in the series? Or am I gonna have to go talk to Jack myself?

[sgt-dignam]

what? i've had this conversation before, and i've been on the other side of it.

FROM | 1.04 // 3.07

[imnotlole]

Okay maybe this is a little off the cuff, but I wanted to tell you how much I adore your art. 🥺🥺 It is literally so gorgeous, I love your shading and anatomy and the way you draw eyes is super cool!!!! It’s like… creepy, but I love creepy so so much. Idk!!! Just I really love your art, and I hope you continue posting. <3

Creepy is a compliment that I would take with pride so Thank you so much for your kind words !!

♡

[weirdmageddon]